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might allow even people with no eye function to see.
And recently, Sharron Kay Thornton, 60, from Smithdale, Miss., blinded by a skin condition,
regained sight in one eye after doctors at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
extracted a tooth (her eyetooth, actually), shaved it down and used it as a base for a plastic lens
replacing her cornea.
It was the first time the procedure, modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis, was performed in
this country. The surgeon, Dr. Victor L. Perez, said it could help people with severely scarred
corneas from chemical or combat injuries.
Other techniques focus on delaying blindness, including one involving a capsule implanted in the
eye to release proteins that slow the decay of light-responding cells. And with BrainPort, a
camera worn by a blind person captures images and transmits signals to electrodes slipped onto
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